Last sold £143,000 in August 1999

Price history in context

• Show me today's estimate
• Aug 1999 — £143,000

The life around it

• Park Street CofE Primary School 10-min walk
• Chesterton Community College 10-min walk
• Cambridge station 2.6km
• Madingley Wood 4.4km
• The coast (coastline) 15.5km
• Lake 199m
• Pond 162m
• Canal 1.4km
• River Cam 216m
• Alexandra Gardens 11m
• Shelly Row Play Area 383m
• Castle Food And Wine 319m
• Station Turn (W-Bound) 17.6km

Broadband

• Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
• Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
• Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises

Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data

Commute by train

From Cambridge, 2.6km away

• 55 min London

Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.

Schools nearby

Flood risk

Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,530 hours a year — sunnier than 30% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on a gentle east-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Planning

• In the Castle And Victoria Road conservation area — external changes usually need consent.

From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.

Crime

Above average for England & Wales — 105 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: approximate (postcode)

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Nearby sold homes

• 36, Alpha Road, Cambridge £300,000 · 2003
• 26, Alpha Road, Cambridge £422,500 · 2004
• 58, Alpha Road, Cambridge £285,000 · 2004
• 56, Alpha Road, Cambridge £585,000 · 2009
• 2, Alpha Road, Cambridge £500,000 · 2011
• 44, Alpha Road, Cambridge £767,000 · 2022

Planning activity nearby

• Undecided Erection of 1no 3bed self-build/custom build detached dwelling on land adjacent to 52… Jun 2026 source
• Permitted Single storey rear extension including solar panels, alter existing rear pitched roof to… Jun 2026 source
• Permitted Replacement of single glazed timber windows with double glazed aluminium units. Apr 2026 source
• Undecided Submission of details required by condition 1 (details of the covered secure bike… Jun 2026 source
• Permitted T1 - Box Maple (in garden of No.6 Holland St) - Reduce 2.5m laterally over garden of No.7 Apr 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.